![]() And folklore had it that "Early on Bride's morn the serpent shall come from its hole".Īnd there was a similar prediction associated with Brigid on February 2, her Saint's Day in the Christian tradition: "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there will be two winters this year", goes the saying. In Scotland, Cailleach, the Old Woman of Winter, was reborn at Imbolc as a goddess named Bride who was the Scottish incarnation of the Irish Brigid and also the Maiden of Spring. What Mother Nature was wont to do was certainly an issue best left in the hands of the goddesses. It's easy to see how she came to be the patron saint of weather forecasters. The goddess Brigid was a diviner, able to "see" into the future. Groundhog day.Ground Hog Day is actually a descendant of the pagan Imbolc celebration (Feast of Brigid). ![]()
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